#8B391B#8B391B

#8B391B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.120 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B391B
RGB	rgb(139, 57, 27)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(16, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 33.17, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 48.15, 46.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% 0.0924 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.12 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3097, 8.4960, 2.0284)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B391B #1B6D8B

analogous

#8B1B35 #8B391B #8B711B

triadic

#8B391B #1B8B39 #391B8B

tetradic

#8B391B #358B1B #1B6D8B #711B8B

square

#8B391B #358B1B #1B6D8B #711B8B

split-complementary

#8B391B #1B8B71 #1B358B

monochromatic

#250F07 #582411 #8B391B #BE4E25 #DB6D45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#8B391B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8B391B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B391B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B391B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B391B	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b391b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 57, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.120 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47259',
    500: '#8b391b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b391b;
$custom-light: #b47259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b391b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.071,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45212,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B391B

secondary

#459DBC

accent

#BCEA3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B391B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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